The first accurate map of the world is created. What not so with all the others?

Nikiforova Anastasia the News editor On habitual cards the world is shown as it was represented by the Flemish geographer Gerard Merkator in the XVI century. Then he made revolution in cartography, but its projection distorts the real sizes of the countries. In total 2D - cards which exist today, inexact. Scientists decided to make the correct flat cards, however they are not similar to that it was necessary to see earlier. We tell about centenary attempts to make the correct cards and it is shown, how many actually places are taken by Russian Federation on the globe. How to show round Earth? How to level the sphere? On an extent...